Sooners in the NFL: Week 4

Another NFL Sunday has come and gone with Week 4 now in the books simply wanting Monday night time’s collision between the Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco 49ers.

With the first quarter of the season slate nearing its conclusion, video games begin to take a higher significance as groups attempt to keep away from digging themselves into too large of an early season gap to dig out from.

That was definitely the case for a pair of former Oklahoma quarterbacks on Sunday, with Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray colliding in the skilled ranks for the third time.

The two Heisman Trophy winners and No. 1 general picks had been teammates with the Sooners and are shut buddies, making their NFL matchups particular for each of them in addition to for OU followers.

Unfortunately for Mayfield, although, the “rivalry” between the two has gone in Murray’s favor thus far, with the 2018 OU quarterback have taken every of the first two conferences coming into Sunday.

That pattern would proceed this time round, with Murray’s Arizona Cardinals besting Mayfield’s Carolina Panthers 26-16 in Charlotte.

A tie recreation into the fourth quarter, Murray received the higher of Mayfield due to a four-yard speeding landing in addition to a 23-yard scoring toss to a former OU teammate of each quarterbacks in extensive receiver Marquise Brown.

Mayfield would join on a 13-yard landing go to Christian McCaffery to attempt to begin a late comeback, however the deficit proved to be insurmountable.

The win strikes the Cardinals again as much as .500 at 2-2 on the season with the Panthers falling into the precarious place of sitting at 1-3.

Next up, Murray will face one more former Oklahoma quarterback in Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles subsequent Sunday at 3:25 p.m. CT.

Mayfield and Carolina, in the meantime, will host the San Francisco 49ers subsequent Sunday at 3:05 p.m. CT.

As for the remainder of the Sooners in the NFL, here’s a recap of how they did in Week 4:

Arizona Cardinals

(W 26-16 at Carolina)

• WR Marquise Brown: 6 receptions on 11 targets for 88 yards, 1 landing
• OL Cody Ford: DNP (IR List)
• OL Marquis Hayes: DNP (Practice Squad)
• QB Kyler Murray: Completed 23 of 32 passes for 207 yards, 2 touchdowns, 1 interception, 12 rushes for 26 yards, 1 speeding landing
• S Steven Parker: DNP (Practice Squad)

Atlanta Falcons

(W 23-20 vs Cleveland)

• RB Damien Williams: DNP (IR List)

Baltimore Ravens

(L 23-20 vs Buffalo)

• TE Mark Andrews: 2 receptions on 5 targets for 15 yards
• OL Ben Powers: Started at left guard

Buffalo Bills

(W 23-20 at Baltimore)

• DL Jordan Phillips: DNP (Inactive)

Carolina Panthers

(L 26-16 vs Arizona)

• QB Baker Mayfield: Completed 22 of 36 passes for 197 yards, 1 landing, 2 interceptions, 2 rushes for 0 yards

Cincinnati Bengals

(W 27-15 vs Miami on Thursday Night)

• RB Joe Mixon: 24 rushes for 61 yards, 1 landing, 4 receptions on 4 targets for 13 yards
• RB Samaje Perine: 1 rush for 0 yards

Cleveland Browns

(L 23-20 at Atlanta)

• DE Isaiah Thomas: 1 quarterback hurry
• DL Perrion Winfrey: 1 solo sort out, 1 sort out for loss
• WR Mike Woods: DNP (Inactive)

Dallas Cowboys

(W 25-10 vs Washington)

• LB Devante Bond: DNP (Practice Squad)
• DT Neville Gallimore: 2 solo sort out, 1 sack, 2 tackles for loss, 1 quarterback hurry
• WR CeeDee Lamb: 4 receptions on 5 targets for 59 yards

Denver Broncos

(L 32-23 at Las Vegas)

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• OLB Nik Bonitto: Saw enjoying time in a reserve function
• S Delarrin Turner-Yell: Saw enjoying time in a reserve function

Detroit Lions

(L 48-45 vs Seattle)

• Ok Austin Seibert: DNP (Inactive)

Houston Texans

(L 34-24 vs LA Chargers)

• DE Ogbonnia Okoronkwo: 1 solo sort out

Kansas City Chiefs

(W 41-31 at Tampa Bay)

• TE Blake Bell: DNP (IR List)
• OT Orlando Brown: Started at left sort out
• C Creed Humphrey: Started at heart
• LS James Winchester: Served as lengthy snapper for 8 snaps

Las Vegas Raiders

(W 32-23 vs Denver)

• LB Curtis Bolton: DNP (Practice Squad)

Los Angeles Chargers

(W 34-24 at Houston)

• LB Kenneth Murray: 3 solo tackles, 2 assisted tackles, 5 complete tackles, 1 sort out for loss, 1 quarterback hurry

Los Angeles Rams

(at San Francisco on Monday Night)

Minnesota Vikings

(W 28-24 vs New Orleans in London)

• LB Brian Asamoah: Saw enjoying time in a reserve function

New England Patriots

(L 27-24 at Green Bay)

• OLB Ronnie Perkins: DNP (IR List)
• RB Rhamondre Stevenson: 14 rushes for 66 yards, 4 receptions on 5 targets for 23 yards

New York Giants

(W 20-12 vs Chicago)

• DB Tony Jefferson: DNP (Practice Squad)
• WR Sterling Shepard: DNP (IR List)

New York Jets

(W 24-20 at Pittsburgh)

• OL Dru Samia: DNP (Practice Squad)

Philadelphia Eagles

(W 29-21 vs Jacksonville)

• RB Kennedy Brooks: DNP (Practice Squad)
• QB Jalen Hurts: Completed 16 of 25 passes for 204 yards, 1 interception, 16 rushes for 38 yards, 1 speeding landing
• OL Lane Johnson: Started at proper sort out

Pittsburgh Steelers

(L 24-20 vs NY Jets)

• S Tre Norwood: 5 solo tackles, 2 assisted tackles, 7 complete tackles, 2 tackles for loss

San Francisco 49ers

(vs LA Rams on Monday Night)

Seattle Seahawks

(W 48-45 at Detroit)

• CB Tre Brown: DNP (PUP List)

Washington Commanders

(L 25-10 at Dallas)

• P Tress Way: 6 punts for 270 yards, 45 yards per punt, 5 inside the 20, longest punt 52 yards